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Compare 1587 edition: 1 A Parliament at Perth.Within a tweluemonth after a Parliament was holden at Perth, where the foreſayd George Earle of March was diſinherited of al his landes and liuings for his fathers offence committed a|gaynſt king Robert the thirde.The Erle of March diſin|herited.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus the houſe of the Dunbars loſt the Erle|dome of March, wherein the ſame had flouriſhed ſo many yeares togither, to the great defence and ſafegarde of the realme of Scotland on that ſide, againſt both ciuill and forraine enimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Erledome of Buchquhan giuen to George Dun|bar.The king yet moued with ſome pitie toward ſo noble a linage, within ſhort time after gaue the Erledome of Buchquban to the ſaid George, and after the Kings deceaſſe, the Lordes of the Councell thinking the ſame to little, aſſigned forth to him and to his ſonne Patrike, the ſumme of foure hundred markes yearely, to be receyued out of a parcell of his owne auncient inheritance, of the Erledome of March, to enioy the ſame till Iames the ſecond came to full age.

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